2007 Lincoln MKX
Complaints about this year name takata recall far more often than the model's other years — 35% of them, about 88× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 298 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 84 |
| Involving a crash | 14 |
| Involving a fire | 8 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| EPA combined | 18.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- takata recall — 35.2% of this year's complaints, against 0.3% across the model's other years (114.9×).
- airbag — 20.8% of this year's complaints, against 7.3% across the model's other years (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: airbag, july 2016, safety recall, motor company.
- fuel — 14.4% of this year's complaints, against 2.4% across the model's other years (6×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- air bags — 21% of complaints, 32× usual
- bags however — 11% of complaints, 28× usual
- fuel — 14% of complaints, 9× usual
What owners wrote
TAKATA RECALL: I HAVE CALLED THE DEALERSHIPS IN MY AREA AND THEY HAVE NO AIR BAGS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SENT ANY. THIS POSES A THREAT TO ME, MY HUSBAND AND MY DAUGHTER.
TAKATA RECALL. WE RECEIVED A NOTICE OF RECALL FROM FORD/LINCOLN STATING THERE WAS A RECALL RELATING TO THE AIRBAG AND ALSO THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR FUEL TANK CORROSION, YET YOUR SITE PROVIDES THAT THERE ARE ZERO RECALLS FOR THIS VIN.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V158000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21E013000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V081000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 17V024000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V682000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 16V384000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Lincoln MKX was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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